Arrest made in Abigail Hernandez kidnapping case

Nathaniel E. Kibby of 4 Brookside Drive, Gorham, has been arrested and charged with one count of felony kidnapping for knowingly confining Abigail Hernandez on October 9, 2013, in Conway, New Hampshire, with a purpose to commit an offense against her, according to a press release issued by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.

The arrest was made at about 12:04 p.m., today without incident at Kibby's residence in Gorham, according to a joint statement issued by New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Robert L. Quinn, Conway Police Chief Edward Wagner, FBI Supervisory Senior Resident Agent-in-Charge William Scott O'Donnell, and Carroll County Attorney Robin Gordon.

"Over the course of the past week, law enforcement officers have worked around the clock to ascertain the facts and circumstances surrounding Abigail's disappearance and return. Abigail Hernandez provided the police with details of her kidnapping sufficient to warrant today's arrest," the release said.

Kibby will be arraigned Tuesday at 1 p.m., at the 3rd Circuit, District Division, Conway District Court, in Conway. A press briefing will be held at the Conway Police Department after that arraignment. No further information will be released until the arraignment in court tomorrow.

Abigail Hernandez, was just 14, when she disappeared in October last year and has been missing for nine months. She returned home on Sunday, July 20.

Anyone with information regarding Nathaniel E. Kibby and any activity at his residence since Oct. 9, 2013, is urged to contact the State Police at 603-271-3636 or the Conway Police at 603-356-5715.